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\footnotetext

\footnotetext[num]{text}

The \footnotetext command is used in conjunction with the
\footnotemark command and
places the text in the argument at the bottom
of the page. This command can come anywhere after the
\footnotemark
command.

The optional argument, number, is used to change the default footnote
number.
Otherwise, the footnote counter is not changed.